A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.

Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"

Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.